Question

why did the first two persons keep their sticks of wood back?​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

The third man was very poor. He was in tattered clothes. He was full of bitterness and envy for the rich. He gave his coat a hitch which is suggestive of his tightness he thought it would be unjust to give what little he had to help others who had more than he. So he held his stick back.

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